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Witnesses said an airstrike on Sunday hit a densely populated area adjacent to the Old City in Houthi-dominated Sana.
Shuaib Almosawa reported from Sana, Yemen. and Vivian Nereim from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
April 21, 2025, 4:09 p.m. ET
An American airstrike hit a densely populated area of the Yemeni capital on Sunday, killing twelve people and injuring 30, according to the health ministry of the Houthi-led government.
Two witnesses who live in the capital, Sana, said that the attack struck a neighborhood near the Old City, a densely populated Unesco world heritage site that is filled with ancient towers. One witness, who identified himself only by his first name Yahya, said that a bakery in the Farwah neighborhood had burned down, killing its owner, and that the damage to nearby homes had displaced many people.
A man who identified himself as Yasir described seeing a large crater, and said that he could not imagine what the target could have been in a neighborhood which, he said, is inhabited by “simple people,” many of whom operate grocery stores and sell tobacco.
Both men spoke on the condition of partial anonymity to avoid retribution. The Iran-backed Houthis have ruled northern Yemen with an iron fist since they ousted the internationally-recognized government in 2014.
The strike on Sunday appeared to be part of an escalating drive by the Trump administration against the Houthis. The militia has been firing rockets and drones at Israel and attacking ships in the nearby Red Sea, in a campaign that its leaders say is in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.
Anees Alasbahi, a Houthi health ministry spokesman, said that 12 people were killed and 30 injured in the strike in Farwah. The toll could not be independently verified.
